Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-30
FLORIDA SKETCH
AXE CITY AND ITS
Lam WORKS. d

Munincs"s nd Valuable FruitV
Flo"ei Co,ton Receipts
Plah's Tobacco Culture
Delsn' 1.iustics to Savannah--
Acre"E go ofthe Savannah, Fiorioa
brSno" Iimoer-
Fart whites Crown .r,vvsrd
'1aaress Terrible March -,
naatn TO TeuderNeget"o'os
- the Pear Groves, ETC.
,.itor closed his last epistle at tne
. ln little city OF Jasper on tne
aoUl'' nair branch of the Savannah
r r,orida and Western railway ne now
l. ~, to complete his sketches lol Vne
.iort Of the towns which line 'ne rou'o
p ..S. yIorida Railway and NaVigatlon
VI r 'u0 from the River Junction" TO
vou'p@1 n;,io with a notice of his pleas
ant vsitto AVN c,rv
HAVING written up this attractive to"n'
n t,h ;ts live merchants, euucaIlonai. ~,
WIZ beautiful hcatlon, manlIolu
s .1",rces and bright future at iehstn d
uaor ago. we now proceed 10 hote WA
os neon accomplished since tnaC PEI lou
La5 tNa nresent outlook OF the plsce.
S S"u then the branch ROAD from eIV
35nJt q miles in length, mas oeen M
;sbed and is now in SUCCESSFUL opeiatiou
II masses through maghlhcehtly IN
II pSs' Cotton which was completely
Otieu az from The world for lack OF rail-
u moT tsciiities. AS the nearest market, OF
va" l,;.sa Tith the development OF that re-
. .:on tbere is A corresponding increase IN
..Arsfhc with Lake City aside from pas
.eDger arrivals
AMPLE WATER WORKS
.oyo also been constructed wnlch nave
materially reduced the cost OF nre lnsur-
anra The water is pumped up from the
adjacent lake into an elevated tank ny
steam engine, and distributed tnrougn
no ity in the usual manner. oeVefal
w storas and business firms too have
heon added to the mercantile gulld. NO
tobiy the family groceries of j. ID. Gala
.ao r ond w. II. Congleton & Son, and
scarboro Cathev & Bro, dealers In gen.
4 gral merchandise.
Coo q Adicks. baker and oonfectioner,
hos moved INTO new building of his
own and Ia the fortunate dlscOverer OF
nonnlar Yeast cake. which has been pat
pntpd and bids fair to make his fortune.
Fe is a good man aud deserves TO sue
iced. Ellis & Cline have recently opened
livery feed and sale stable.
CIGAR FACTORY.
D. l.. Geer, the pioneer tobacco grower
! in Columbia county, has started cigar
factory in Lake City which is rapidly
oomjng into notice and will soon require
to be enlarged 10 tenfold its present di-
mepsions. The article he turns out is
a ,oI,y iual nf E'Inriha
4 and ia pronounced by capable Judges to
be fully equal in quality to genuine Ha-
vans's His orders far exceed his pres
emit capacity. One OF these from kuty
Bros New York and Jacksonville,
Wholesale dealers, was sample order for
/ 10000 cigars TO be increased if they give
satisfaction to 100000. His smoking to-
b8ccO also is reputed to be excellent.
During the past year
TWO ADDITIONAL NEWSPAPERS
have been established here, making with
the Reporter three journals that are pub
lished weekly.
One Of these, the Tobacco Plant, is
owned and ably edited by II, B. Oliver.
While It's speciality is the development OF
the tobacco industry and the natural ma
terial of the country, it is in all other
The other, the Banner, small sheet
with patent outside, is cleverly conduct
ed by George 5. Wilson, youth OF only
10 years, the son OF the deceased editor OF
the same name. He does all of his own
WORK and certainly does it well. The last
umOer was both sprlghtly and readable.
Gorge IS bright boy and undoubtedly
= Youngest editor IN the Union
ne Reporter, too, seems To be doing
H.
Wake City can indeed sustain three
%lapers her people certainly lead the
VI intelligence and appreciation OF
FJters' ink"
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
se writer escorted by the polite and
~, ted Young Mayor. Hon. l.. Harrison
tn elegant turnout, generously tnr,
SO by MI. W. 5. Cone, drove out to
~, nlVerslty and Agricultural CoIIege
~ IorIda' The institution which is vet
~ ils infancy contains 80 students. and ia
ny oIicered. DR.. j. Kost is at the head
y, sne DIVERSITY, but also fills the chair
,sto'VSy' lie IS likewise State Cecil
,Sau luls gentleman has presented TO
s snr ool'cse cnOlce collection (valued at
800" thousand dOllars) OF minerals
"A 90 "a specimens, shells, phosphates
tf,a o.Iei pe'rlactlOns, including sec.
.",no u Inc whale, and the bones of va
h,rSS eAIhcl gigantic animals, stuffed
eeIpents, fish and numerous no.
srS Dtd'ts' which are tastiIy classified
NV NM al dhged In series of elegant wai.
s acoo oSolhets. 1t was most imnortant
reov,sa Ou W Ine museum, which il Would
oHdi sie many hours to examine thor
dpf,rto A., ms observed, the the doctor or
ed S(sto ',Ii~ 'uSIio has also been apHoint.
snv ueoioElst, but in the absence of
rensasP PhUpilsuon for salary and ex.
sesrcSos LAS peen conducting bis re-
prive,"q anu explorations from his own
when tbe ~ Is expected, however.
will reimh,i.sI slature conyeHes that 1t
and also nra' 80 ulm Tor the sum expended
TIE ofFca rue an adequate salary for
be a lastino Si,ullu Jnls be refused it will
lis lucLu to uiSSrAce to our sister State.
y. ucAy Tor him that mis- cas- 80; III" NO,
eTs P'" Wy our Georgia law Civ
co1loea' Is a military departmentin tho
Every morning. "en are drilled
the colleoo oeI was kindly shown throuoh
A. th s building by Prof. Davis
ebdosr,uIs history of the institutto, "a 4.
occ,s,o. u, ~ mas been given on a ton,,, ~
DR. ,n'. ~ Will not be repeated here
wa 'rhLL'S EXPERIMENTAL c.nn
experIm eug college we next visited tho
When is si1 ' s9T i,.1, OF Dr.. AppeIi.
tim on Lake ,euf bea, inside Of the corpora,
ltrsrco Ing ne doctor is man nr ~ 80" Us SIX
eululrs, ~, u passiOnately devoted to 49,
sands ~ pul-ults. lie has sronI ~ H ,'l
soil Of ~ NJ f,cIalming and ,nrGic cnH tno.-
e1o,ics '1's garden, and in etoot ling tae
from tbi ana fruits, flowers I and as WIN
item Of ' eyr ana foreign countries 'HI Es